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Tri-Valley hits five straight wins after taking down the

Redskins in softball BY MATTHEW DOTSON | THE BUZZ

Scottie softball player Camdyn Tyson watches a ball miss the strike zone. Matthew Dotson
Vs. Coshocton (4/16) Scotties started out with a run in the They matched that in the bottom of the Braves came back with a run in the bot-
The Scotties softball team hosted the top of the first inning to lead 1 – 0. They second inning to lead 2 – 0. River View tom of the inning, and the two teams
Coshocton Lady Redskins on Thursday held that lead until the fourth and fifth answered back with a run at the top of traded a run apiece in the third and
at Kenny Wolford Park. The Redskins innings when they tacked on five more the next inning to close in on the Scot- fourth innings, with the Scotties leading
jumped out to a three-run lead in the runs to lead 6 – 0. River View grabbed ties, who led the game 2 – 1. The Scot- 4 – 3 after four. The Lady Dawgs round-
first inning, but Tri-Valley battled back to a run in the bottom of the seventh in- ties pulled out two runs in the bottom of ed up four runs in the top of the fifth in-
tie and then lead the game 4 – 3 after ning but was shut down soon after, and the inning to bump their lead to 4 – 1, ning, a run in the top of the sixth, and
three innings. The Scotties tacked on a Tri-Valley won the game and swept the and despite the Black Bears putting up four more in the top of the seventh to
run in each of the fifth and sixth innings series with a 6 – 1 win. a run each in the last two innings, they blast forward to a 13 – 3 victory.
to finish the game out with a 6 – 3 win. fell short as Tri-Valley took the 4 – 3 win Game Two: The Lady Dawgs looked to
Tri-Valley will face Sheridan Monday Vs. River View (4/13) in game one. wrap up game two quickly and jumped
and Tuesday in a two-game set, starting The Lady Black Bears traveled to Dres- out to a 5 – 1 lead after two innings, be-
in Sheridan on Monday at 5 PM. den’s Kenny Wolford Park on Monday Vs. Indian Valley doubleheader fore busting out a seven-run top of the
to start game one of the two-game set (4/11) third to lead 12 – 1 for the quick win
Vs. River View (4/14) against Tri-Valley. The Lady Dawgs struck Game One: Tri-Valley stepped off the after five innings with a mercy ruling to
Game two of the set against River View first, putting a run on the board in the bus and onto the field in Gnadenhutton sweep the series.
took place in Warsaw on Tuesday, as the bottom of the first inning to lead 1 – 0. on Saturday, ready to swing some bats,
as they took a 2 – 0 lead right away. The

Maysville Panthers baseball Team hoping to hit a stride in

Tornado Country

BY MATTHEW DOTSON | THE BUZZ

Vs. Philo (4/16) who won the game two matchup 5 – 3. Maysville’s third baseman tries to stop the Colts baserunner. Matthew Dotson
The Panthers traveled across the riv-
er to Duncan Falls to play against the Vs. New Lexington (4/13)
Electrics. Maysville was the first to score, In game one of the series in Maysville,
with one run on an error in the first in- New Lexington took the lead early, land- PUBLIC AUCTION
ning, allowing Bryce Fisher to score the ing a run in the first inning, followed by
1 – 0 lead run. The Electric’s Philip hit five more runs in the subsequent two in-
a single in the bottom of the inning to nings to lead 6 – 2 by the end of the third Model Train Collection
drive in Tom to tie the game 1 – 1. Philo inning. Maysville bounced back to tie up
jumped out to the lead in the bottom of the game in the bottom of the sixth in- Saturday, May 2 • 10:00 a.m.
the third inning when Philip hit a triple to ning at 9 – 9 and held that lead until the Main Street, Trinway, OH 43842
drive in Roush and Tom for a 3 – 1 ad- bottom of the eighth inning, when Slade
vantage. The Panthers landed a second Shreve grounded out to drive in Hague
run in the top of the sixth inning when for the walk-off winning run, to take
Kolton Gifford stole home base to narrow game one 10 – 9.
the deficit to 3 – 2. The Panthers didn’t
recover after that as Philo pumped out Vs. Zanesville (4/11)
three runs in the bottom of the inning to Saturday in Maysville, the Blue Devils
win the game 6 – 2. leveraged a tenth-inning four-run rally to
The Panthers will head to West blow out the mostly even game against
Muskingum on Monday, April 20th, to the Panthers, where they spent the first
face the Tornadoes at 5 PM. nine innings trading the lead back and Calling all model railroading enthusiasts, collectors, dealers
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